PAIRING BALLET & CONTEMPORARY DANCE AT THE BALL

Opening Friday, March 14

The universal teen ritual of social dance events and the timelessness of dance as a social medium are the overarching themes of the Evanston Dance Ensemble’s (EDE) March 2014 production The Big Night. Opening Friday, March 14, The Big Night is presented in two acts – Graduation Ball and Prom 2014 – and marks the first time EDE has created an evening of dance pairing a stylized classical ballet with a second act of individual contemporary concert pieces. EDE will present five performances of The Big Night at the Josephine Louis Theater on Northwestern University’s campus (20 Art Circle Drive) – Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March15 at 1 and 4 p.m.; and Sunday, March 15 at 1 and 4 p.m. Performance runs 45 min.

Tickets for The Big Night are priced at $16.00 for children under 18, students and seniors, and $24.00 for adults. Tickets go on sale February 5 and may be purchased by calling the Northwestern Box Office at 847.491.7282 or by going online at www.tic.northwestern.edu.

For additional information on the Evanston Dance Ensemble, view the company’s website at www.evanstondanceensemble.org or call 847.328.6683.

“A PIANO WITH 3 TALES”

These interactive one-hour programs, geared for children 4-12 years of age, feature fun-filled performances with just the right mix of music education. Activities in the lobby, one hour prior to each program, offer kids a variety of opportunities to discover music including an instrument petting zoo, early childhood demonstrations, student performances and more!

A Piano with 3 Tales » 12 pm
In this production, a classical piano recital masquerading as puppet show, young audiences experience masterworks by monumental composers for the instrument, not to mention an enthralling tune for toy piano (yes, toy piano!) by living composer Stephen Montague.
Three pieces for piano are collected in this spectacle for children and children-at-heart, all performed in their entirety, live, by acclaimed pianist Mary Rose Norell. Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exibition, Frederic Chopin’s Scherzo in b minor and Montague’s Mirabella a Tarantella (for toy piano) are each realized by a cast of Blair Thomas’ handmade puppets of all kinds, from bunraku dolls to larger-than-life human-sized costumes. Featuring brand-new characters and narratives this delightful family show exercises the imagination and reveals the magical power of wordless music.
Hyperlink for tickets: Music Institute Family Concert: A Piano with 3 Tales March 15 @ 12 pm

Open House » 11 am
Start your day at the Music Institute of Chicago. Fun for families begins with an open house in the lobby where toddlers can try Musikgarten® early childhood demos, kids play instruments at our instrument “petting” zoo, parents talk with faculty, and everyone can enjoy refreshments, student performances and special discounts on lessons and classes.

March 19: Fred Simon, jazzpiano with Music Institute guests

To introduce its stellar faculty to downtown Evanston workers and residents and welcome them to its new campus, the Music Institute of Chicago is offering free lunchtime concerts and conversation one Wednesday per month from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at its new home, 1702 Sherman Avenue, Evanston. Bring a bite from home of grab something from one of the many restuarants nearby.

The Transition of Doodle Pequeñoby Gabriel Jason Dean

Produced by: Khari Shelton

Directed by: Lindsay Amer

*Recommended for 3rd grade and up

Doodle Pequeño and his trilingual goat, Valencia (she speaks English, Spanish, and goat) just moved to Southern California. The apartment they share with mama is packed with unopened boxes. With Halloween comes trick-or-treaters and a boy who wears dresses, Reno, like the city in Nevada. Doodle and Reno evade capture from the evil pumpkin-wielding troll, Baumgartner, and out run their nemesis, marjoram, and her little brother, toph all while the Santa Anna winds rap at the door. It is a story of two boys who become friends in spite of their differences while examining the consequences of misused language, providing insight into the lives of Mexican-immigrant children and interrogating the issues of gender-identity and homophobic bullying.

]]>http://evanstonartsbuzz.com/2014/02/24/purple-crayon-players-drama-workshop-begins-feb-8/feed/0Block Cinema Winter Film Series | Febhttp://evanstonartsbuzz.com/2014/02/11/block-cinema-winter-film-series-feb/
http://evanstonartsbuzz.com/2014/02/11/block-cinema-winter-film-series-feb/#respondTue, 11 Feb 2014 22:52:08 +0000http://evanstonartsbuzz.com/?p=888• The Left Front in Film series coincides with the Block Museum’s exhibition, “The Left Front: Radical Art in the ‘Red Decade,’ 1929-1940,” that runs through June 22. Block Cinema presents a film series featuring leftist and left-leaning films that are both Hollywood productions and independent films made outside of the studio system.

• The “Picturing Fame: Moving Pictures” series takes its name from another Block Museum winter exhibition, “Steichen|Warhol: Picturing Fame,” that runs through April 6. It examines the legacies of both artists, including their groundbreaking photos of celebrities of their day. “Steichen|Warhol” presents two major gifts of art to the Block Museum. It highlights the donation of 49 vintage photographs by famed photographer Edward Steichen, donated by collectors Richard and Jackie Hollander to the Block in early 2013. It also showcases gifts of Warhol photographs and prints made in 2008 and 2013 by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

These stunning portraits feature many luminaries from the early part of the 20th century, including artists, models, dancers, socialites and prominent actors of both stage and screen. To celebrate the donation, this corresponding film series features many of Steichen’s glamorous portrait sitters in a different light. They bring to life several of the screen actors that Steichen so lovingly captured in his photos and in movies released around the same time that the photographs were taken.

BLOCK CINEMA ADMISSION

Unless otherwise noted, general admission to Block Cinema is $6 for the general public or $4 for Block Museum members, Northwestern faculty, staff and students, students from other schools with valid IDs and individuals 65 and older. Quarterly passes are $20. Tickets are available one hour before show time. For more information, call the Block Cinema Hotline at (847) 491-4000 or visit the Block Cinema.

Around the World in 80 Minutes: Joint Free Open Houses with Music Institute and Language Stars

Learn how music and foreign language play a key role in your child’s life at one of three interactive family open houses this spring. Early childhood and elementary programs are the foundation for successful long term study in foreign and musical languages. Individual and group study strengthen transferable social and learning skills. Experience how high quality play-based enrichment education can be FUN!

Attend one of three joint open houses where you and your child will participate in your choice of 3 short demo lessons and an international sing along. Each child will receive a passport which will be stamped at each language or music lesson attended. You may choose from lessons in Spanish, Mandarin and other additional languages, as well as 3-4 music lessons-ranging from learning scales kinesthetically, rhythm games and a Musikgarten parent-child sampler.
Interact with experienced faculty who specialize in teaching young children. Take home pocket versions of curricula, taste ethnic treats
and win tuition discounts and door prizes!